Listen "Episode 59: Thanks, Obama...My Hopey, Changey White House Years, with David Litt"
Episode Synopsis
David Litt entered the White House in 2011 and left in 2016 as a special assistant to the president and senior presidential speechwriter. Described as the “comic muse for the president,” David was the lead writer on four White House Correspondents’ Dinner presentations and has contributed jokes to President Obama’s speeches since 2009. He is currently the head writer/producer for Funny or Die’s office in Washington, DC. David has also written for The Onion, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, and the New York Times. He lives in Washington with his girlfriend and their two goldfish, Humphrey and Camille. Full of hilarious stories and told in a truly original voice, his first book, Thanks, Obama (https://www.amazon.com/Thanks-Obama-Hopey-Changey-White/dp/0062568450/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1508343668&sr=8-1) is an exciting debut about what it means – personally, professionally, and politically – to grow up. Special Guest: David Litt.
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